Howard Stern Does Not Much Care For Jay Leno, Called Him A 'Backstabbing C-mbag'

Last week, it was reported that NBC drastically cut the budget of The Tonight Show, from $2.3 million/per episode to a figure closer to $1.7 million, leading to the terminations of approximately 20 staffers and a hefty pay cut for Good Guy Leno Jay Leno. OR THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT US TO THINK. Danger called BS on Leno not reducing his salary even further, and despite being a fellow NBC employee, America’s Got Talent host Howard Stern agreed, albeit in a much louder, paranoid, and profane way. He first said on his radio show:

“It’s all horsesh*t,” said Stern. “It’s bullsh*t. It’s a smokescreen…Here’s what it really means, and you can take this to the bank: Jay Leno is a scumbag. That’s what that means. He’s a spineless maggot. Jay wanted to cut staff. He’s embarrassed to do it. He didn’t want to come off as a bad guy. NBC took the hit for him, because they’re a corporation…My bullsh*t meter is going off all over the place.” (Via)

A few days later, a caller asked Stern whether he’d heard from NBC executives about his comments. Stern responded OF COURSE…and then went on to say more not-so-nice things about Leno.

A few notable quotes:

1. “F*ck Jay. Take my job away from me. Who cares?”

2. “Jay Leno’s the biggest wuss on the planet. He’s a backstabbing cumbag that I don’t give a sh*t about.”

3. “I’d rather leave [the job] than not talk about Jay Leno.”

Stern doesn’t make it easy to like him (his “I can call you out, but you can’t call me out” belief is just as obnoxious as Leno’s “I don’t want this news about me cutting my salary to get out, but if you need to leak it, I wouldn’t say no…” personality), but I think we can all agree that he’s spot-on about Leno here. We also would have accepted pulsating whitehead full of blood, pus, and cowardice. It’s like Mean Mad Libs!

Stern pulled a lot of backstabbing cumbag shit when he was in NY on Infinity Broadcasting, pulling power moves and other BS on the other Infinity radio hosts. Stern and Leno would go great together, in a hospice I hope.

I invented cutting my own salary, Robin. Breathing and photosynthesis too. I invented it all and they’re ripping me off!

Problem for Stern is NBC hired him in hopes he might attract a big male demo and it hasn’t happened. No straight males watch any of these talent shows unless there’s some debacle early in the process. ANd then they will only watch that on some social media site, not live on network TV. Want to attract a real male audience-give Louis CK or Daniel Tosh an hour every week.Straight guys are not going to watch this crap, which to date has produced few real stars.

It’s telling that Mike is watching Fritz Lang’s 1953 noir classic The Big Heat when Hank arrives: it’s a movie about a dogged cop who refuses to stop investigating a particular case, even though it seems like it’s cold.

I feel like I owe Stern money after watching the clip. After the interview, Stern returned home to his little black book, removed eyeliner from his jacket pocket and crossed the top name off of a list that simply had “Jay Leno” written a dozen times over.